Recognizing the best in "Harry Potter" fanfiction

What an exciting and exhausting Round this was! We had a big turn out for nominees in some Ships, and in quite a few, there was a voting war going on. We had to recount votes several times to make sure we didn't make any tallying mistakes, and there were quite a few ties. We also had so many banners to make that we split the work up between the committee ('JulieBelledTheCat', 'MaraudersLvr', and 'MelissaMod'). Next time, we're going to streamline this process (perhaps even ask for volunteers to help out), as it took over a week for the three of us just to make all the banners.

Thank you to everyone who nominated stories and to those who voted. The turn-out this time was spectacular. You make these awards possible with your participation.

Congratulations to everyone who was nominated. Whether you placed or not, someone out there thought your work was good enough to be recognized. You should be proud.

Extra special thanks to all of the artists who kindly allowed us to use their images for our banners. Your beautiful artwork really makes our banners look great.

We're considering changing some of the ships/groups for 2014 (Dramione will most likely remain, since it seemed very popular, but there are other ships that had very few nominations). We're going to post a poll about it. Hope you'll participate in the poll and let us know what you think.